The FJ Holden is a 1977 Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n film directed by Michael Thornhill

Michael Thornhill

Michael Thornhill is a film producer, screenwriter, and director.He has a background in freelance journalism and publishing including working as a film critic....

. The FJ Holden is a snapshot of the life of young teenage men in Bankstown, New South Wales

Bankstown, New South Wales

Bankstown is a suburb of south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bankstown is located 20 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Bankstown.-History:Prior to European...

, Australia in 1970s

1970s

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Debi Enker in Australian Cinema comments: "The FJ Holden presents the suburbs as a cultural and spiritual desert. It is a place where regular bouts with the bottle are the only antidote for lives without hope or direction."

Plot

Kevin (Paul Couzens) and his best mate Bob (Carl Stever) drive around Sydney trying to pick up girls in Kevin's FJ Holden

Holden FJ

The Holden FJ series is a range of motor vehicles which was produced in Australia by General Motors-Holden’s from 1953 to 1957. The FJ was the second model of an "all Australian car" manufactured by Holden and was based upon the established 48-215 series, commonly referred to as the “FX”...

. When Kevin meets Anne (Eva Dickinson), she allows both men to have sex with her, but a relationship develops with Kevin. They go to restaurants, race cars, get drunk, but the romance falters as Kevin fails to maintain a mature relationship.

Box Office

The FJ Holden grossed $710,000 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $3,266,000 in 2009 dollars.

External links

• The FJ Holden at Australian Screen
• The FJ Holden at the National Film and Sound Archive
  National Film and Sound Archive
  The National Film and Sound Archive is Australia’s audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of audiovisual materials and related items...